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Re: Anyone here still on the lookout for counterfeits on Ebay? I'm thinking this 09 S-VDB is fake!
These counterfeits are not cast. They are struck with false dies that have been cast using a real coin or some other transfer process. -
Re: Raw Moderns
Wow! Talk about damage and attrition. There are about 380 million surviving and the average condition is much higher than average condition of much later dates because many have been set aside. I think what you're missing here is that these coins were almost universally poorly made. The top coin in that pyramid as we… -
Re: Engraver John S. Gardner
The John Smith Gardner final paragraph above is from the letter requesting that he be sent to England, at the Mint's expense, for training to be a melter and refiner - Boudinot did not approve Gardner's request. The two page letter does not mention engraving (National Archives at Phil., RG 104, General Correspondence). The… -
Re: Fake Trade Dollar example
Lots of tells here indicative of false dies. Poorly executed details in Liberty's features (head, hands, feet, dress), IN GOD WE TRUST, E PLURIBUS UNUM, denticles, lettering... -
Re: Report of an 1851-O “proof” dollar
Details, sources and other bits will be in my research book on U.S. Mint restriking of circulation, proof and pattern pieces. There is no deadline for completion - it's a huge task. Research is very time consuming and expensive. I have a good overview and details (including names of participants) for some time periods. I… -
Re: Legend Sells Unique 1943-D Bronze Lincoln Cent - $1.7 million
Great point. A steel cent can be hardened and then used as a hub to make false dies and unstruck cent planchets are relatively plentiful. -
Re: Can a coin be struck multiple times on only one side?*UPDATED AGAIN with pics on 4/30 in last post.
False dies- see seanq's post. There are a lot of these 'errors' floating around. Most of the ones I've seen have been on state quarters. -
Re: 1945 Multiple Struck Cent?
Over- struck by false/counterfeit dies This type of overstrike occurs on all denominations all years all series - they’re all fake over- strikes on genuine host coins -
Re: This year in numismatics (1793)
<< <i>My statement that Jacob bay only made punches comes from Henry Voigt's daily work ledger and payroll account book from 1793. If you are referring to the Isiaiah Thomas account from 1810, it is not correct. Neither was his reference regarding Frederick Geiger (actually Guyer). Voigt making steel should have been Voigt… -
Re: Counterfeit 1871 Shallow N Indian Cent
1871's do come with Shallow N' s S-4 and S-5, but this is not one of them. It is die-struck from false transfer dies.
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